id: 138765
accession number: 1963.154
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Statue of Gudea, c. 2144–2124 BCE. Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Iraq, Girsu. Dolerite; overall: 126 x 55 x 36 cm (49 5/8 x 21 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1963.154
title: Statue of Gudea
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creation date: c. 2144–2124 BCE
creation date earliest: -2144
creation date latest: -2124
current location: 100 1916 Lobby
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Iraq, Girsu
technique: dolerite
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Near Eastern Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 126 x 55 x 36 cm (49 5/8 x 21 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1963)
opening date: 1963-11-27T05:00:00
Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
I. E. Gejou or Elias S. David
date: 1924-1938
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Feuerdent Collection
date: 1932-1946
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Elias S. David
date: 1946-1963
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RELATED WORKS
id: 140011
Head of Gudea, ensi of Lagash, 2144–2124 BCE. Mesopotamia, Iraq, Lagash (Tello). Dolerite; overall: 21 x 17.8 x 20.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1963.680
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CITATIONS
Scheil, Vincent. "Nouvelles Statues de Gudea." Revue d'Assyriologie et d'Archeologie Orientale, volume 27, no. 4 (1930): 161-166, pl. V.
page number: Mentioned on page 161-166, reproduced on plate 5
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Parrot, André. Tello; Vingt Campagnes de Fouilles (1877-1933). Paris: A. Michel (1948): 167-169.
page number: Mentioned on 167, reproduced on 169, pl. XVI, b
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Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Gudea, Patési of Lagash.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 9 (1963): 243–248.
page number: Mentioned on 244-248, reproduced on 244-246
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A. P. "Gudéa, Patesi de Lagash, dans The Cleveland Museum of Art, novembre 1963, pp.243-248." Syria 41, no. 1/2 (1964): 146–47. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4197449.
page number: Mentioned on 146-147
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 10
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n34
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 10
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n32
Cleveland Museum of Art, Weisberg, Gabriel P., and Janson, H. W. Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art (1975): 29.
page number: Reproduced on page 29
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 2
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n22
Johansen, Flemming. Statues of Gudea, Ancient and Modern. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1978): 23-24, 80-83.
page number: Mentioned on 23-24, reproduced on 80-83.
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Tortora, Phyllis G., and Keith Eubank. A Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress. New York: Fairchild Publications (1989): 21.
page number: Reproduced on page 21
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 3
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n19
Reade, Julian. "Early monuments in Gulf stone at the British Museum, with observations on some Gudea statues and the location of Agade." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie 92 (2002): 276-284.
page number: Mentioned on 281 and 284
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 67
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IMAGES
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